Vega season preview

Keys to success: Vega will be able to push the ball behind an offensive line of five returning seniors. The Longhorns will need more upperclassmen to step up and help the team overcome the close losses that plagued it last season.

Returning experience: 14 lettermen, six offensive and six defensive starters

Outside the lines: Vega was the setting for the 2005 CMT reality show “Popularity Contest.”

What Coach Porton says: “I’ve been an assistant here for five years. It helps knowing the kids, and we’ve got a good bunch. ... You want to improve every year, and we want to win a playoff game. I think we’re taking the steps to do that.”